The winners of the AIPP’s 2021 Silver Lining Awards

The Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) has announced the winners of its 2021 Silver Lining Awards, the institute's online, digital photo competition.

Now in its second year, the competition attracted 2,300 entries in 2021, including 300 semi-finalists, 120 finalists and 36 placed entrants. The photographers who received a first, second and third placing in each category shared in a prize pool of $60,000 AUD. 

This year, to encourage participation, the competition was open to members of the general public, whether they were based in Australia or from overseas. The competition was also refreshed in 2021 through the introduction of nine new categories: Manmade, Smartphone, Art & Science, Natural World, Shades of Grey, Colour, Home, Away and Stories. 

Category Winners

You can see the winning entries of each category below.

Portrait – Robert Piccoli

Places – Grant Galbraith

Manmade – Ari Rex

Smartphone – Theresa Lee

Art & Science – Bruce Moyle

Natural World – Joshua Holko

Shades of Grey – Federico Rekowski

Colour – Bruce Moyle

Home – Sherryn Lowndes

Away – Pamela Morris

Student – Anne Wilcox

Stories – Matt Palmer

To see the online galleries of semi-finalist and finalist entries, you can visit the AIPP’s website here.